Scarce Book Carved Carnival Carousel Animals Lavishly illustrated in color, this early out-of-print book pictures and identifies in-depth over fifty carousel animals.

THE CAROUSEL ANIMAL by Tobin Fraley, Zepher Press, CA, 1983.

The book covers by chapter: Preface; The Carousel Animal; Carousel Horses; Menagerie Animals; European Animals; Chariots and Trim; Epilogue; Glossary and Bibliography. There is a full-page color photograph of each item listed along with an in-depth description and information on makers, dimensions, dates, and more. There is a wealth of information in this most informative book.

11 in. x 9 in. hardback with dust cover in protective plastic sleeve in very good condition. 127 pages.

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Rare In-Depth Book Encyclopedia Antique Toys Lavishly illustrated with 380 photographs, 70 in full color, this early out-of-print book is an in-depth guide to antique toys.

THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF TOYS by Constance Eileen King, Robert Hale, London, 1978 First Edition.

Presenting a world in miniature, this compendium deals with the history and identity of all kinds of toys, teddy bears, trains, lead soldiers, games and much more. The entertaining automata and musical boxes which were a specialty of French and Swiss craftsmen are listed in detail. The wheeled toys included range from the smallest pushalong to the child-sized cars of Andre Citroen, while another form of children's transport is the pram in all its variations. The history of the ever popular rocking horse is also traced. Germany, long the main production center for wooden toys, was also the first to produce model soldiers, cast in lead, and the vast range of metal toys of all kinds is covered in special sections on the German, French, American and British varieties. A separate chapter deals with the highly collectible category of toy and model trains, Finally there are sections on the more social and educational children's amusements board and table games, jigsaw puzzles, books and the toy theater. This publication, while striving for completeness, has also attempted to avoid what often has been presented before and to illustrate seldom-seen items with particular care. Written with collectors needs firmly in mind, this book will make a rich addition to the reference shelves of all toy collectors and enthusiasts.

Oversized 9 in. x 12 in. hardback with dust cover in very good condition. 272 pages.

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Vintage 50s - 60s Lunch Boxes Tin Plastic / Early Book 'In the grade school lunchrooms of the fifties and sixties, a lunch box carried more than the weight of a tuna fish sandwich and a carton of milk. A box adorned with Barbie, the Beatles, or Hopalong Cassidy placed the child squarely with the lunchroom elite, while a dull red plaid revealed a child who was obviously not in control of his or her parents.'

This early out-of-print book is a pictorial identification guide to

THE FIFTIES AND SIXTIES LUNCH BOX by Scott Bruce, Chronicle Books, San Francisco, 1988 First Edition.

This color-illustrated book 'pays tribute to these metal and vinyl bearers of the icons of popular culture into the halls of America’s schools. In a lively, humorous text, Scott Bruce tells the story of the American lunch box, from the manufacturers’ fierce competition for the rights to characters, to the extraordinary popularity lunch boxes now enjoyed as collectors’ items. Over 100 photographs of colorful boxes decorated with scenes from ‘Bonanza,’ ‘Get Smart,’ and ‘The Jetsons’ are sure to bring back vivid memories of the days when ‘taking lunch’ meant something.' Each picture has an accompanying caption, which identifies the name, maker, date, and a brief description of the character depicted on the lunch box.

10 in. x 8.5 in. softback in very good condition. 119 pages.

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700+ Bobbing Head Toy Dolls Nodders 1960-2000 / Book Illustrated in color and black-and-white, this scarce out-of-print book pictures, describes and values of 700 collectible bobbing head dolls. Included are character dolls representing baseball and football figures, basketball and hockey characters, TV personalities, advertising icons, political figures, cartoon characters and more.

BOBBING HEAD DOLLS 1960-2000 by Tim Hunter, Krause Publications, WI, 1999.

8.5 in. x 11 in. softback in very good+ condition. 160 pages.

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Vintage Kewpie Dolls and Art incl. Values / Scarce Book KEWPIES – DOLLS & ART with Value Guide – 2nd Edition by John Axe, Hobby House Press, Inc., Maryland, 1987/2001.

'KEWPIES – DOLL & ART is a truly unique reference volume that addresses the many creations of Rose O’Neill, the ‘Mother of Kewpie,’ and Joseph L. Kallus, who translated O’Neill’s original artwork into dolls and figurines. In more than 200 black-and-white and color illustrations from Kallus’ extensive files and records – including many illustrations never before published – this collector’s reference work details all the many aspects of the creative output of Rose O’Neill and Joseph L. Kallus, including Kewpie in dozens of different forms and materials.'

The information in this text is invaluable! 'Rose O’Neill’s most famous creation – Kewpie – originated as illustrations in the Woman’s Home Companion in December of 1909. For many years she was commissioned to create Kewpie illustrations for various publications and for advertisements. A market was seen for three-dimensional likenesses of Kewpie and Joseph L. Kallus, a 17-year-old art student, was hired to sculpt Kewpies as doss and figurines in 1912.' This scarce text "tells about the lives of Rose O’Neill and Joseph L. Kallus and their many original creations, the most important for collectors of which are dolls and figurines, including Kewpie in dozens of different forms and materials. For this reference volume Joseph Kallus’ extensive files and papers were made available to the author by Jesco, Inc. The book includes more than 200 illustrations, many of them never before published, form the Kallus files, as well as collectibles from several O’Neill collections." This extensive pictorial volume is a must-buy book for the collector, dealer, or historian of Kewpie dolls and Kewpie memorabilia.

8.5 in. x 11.2 in. color-imprinted hardback in near-new condition. 184 pages.

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1000 Tin Toy Robots Spaceships Characters / Scarce Book 1000 ROBOTS SPACESHIPS AND OTHER TIN TOYS by Teruhisa Kitahara, Taschen, New York, 2002.

Superb captioned color photographs highlight this hard-to-find book on vintage and antique tin toys including robots, spaceships, boats, planes, trains, cars, bikes, figures and scenarios. Each photo includes a terse description including name, dimensions (metric), date when known, and maker when known. This is an invaluable reference for the collector, dealer, or historian of antique tin toys.

Thick 6.7 in. x 8 in. color-imprinted hardback in near-new condition. 702 pages!

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Antique Mechanical Cast Iron Tin Toy Types Scarce Book Lavishly illustrated in color, this in-depth text provides a pictorial survey of antique mechanical toys covering types, periods, and makers.

MECHANICAL TOYS: HOW OLD TOYS WORK by Athelstan and Kathleen Spilhaus, Crown Publishers, Inc., N.Y., 1989.

'Dr. Spilhaus takes you through his extensive collection—noted for being the most fun—and reveals where mechanical toys originated, how they work, and where they’re headed. For the first time, you’ll see that tambourine player stripped down to display the mechanism inside. You’ll learn not only how these toys work, but also how they serve as a chronicle of people and events. After one journey through this magical toyland, you will agree with Dr. Spilhaus when he says, ‘An investment in toys, great or small, pays interest daily in the golden coin of joy.’'

Chapter topics include, early toy inventors, mass production, what toys were made of, toys that predicted the future, power and power storage; governing devices, action mechanisms, sounds and other surprises, artist in tinplate, Les Petits Bonshommes Martin, and imitations. This book is thoroughly illustrated; nearly all in color plates, from the author’s own collection and includes a bibliography, index, notes and appendix. Here is a great addition to the reference bookshelf of anyone interested in automata, dolls, and mechanical toys.

7.75 in. x 10.25 in. hardback with dust cover in near-new condition . 150 pages.

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Antique Children’s Toys Dishes Furniture / Scarce Book ANTIQUES OF AMERICAN CHILDHOOD by Katharine Morrison McClinton, Clarkson N. Potter, Inc., NY, 1970/1971.

Given 380 black-and-white illustrations with identifying captions, this early out-of-print book is a definitive survey of childhood antiques including furniture, dishes, dolls and doll houses, school toys, indoor and outdoor games, hobbyhorses, shooflies, velocipedes, push and pull toys and more.

Over one thousand items are illustrated and described in this fascinating text. The following subjects are covered by chapter: Coral and Bells, Children’s Silver, and Christening Cradles; Children’s Costumes; Children’s Buttons; Schoolbooks and Schooling; Books for Amusement; Children’s Furniture; Hobbyhorses, Shooflies, and Velocipedes; Children’s Dishes; Children’s Needlework; Outdoor Games; Indoor Games; Push and Pull Toys; Dolls; Doll’s Houses; Paper Toys; Cloth Toys; Bibliography; and Index. In addition to numerous photographs of American childhood antiques, this book has illustrations of toys and children taken from contemporary portraits and from books and magazines of the period, with frequent quotations from the advertisements in these first magazines for boys and girls. There’s a wealth of information in this book, which would make a wonderful addition to the permanent reference library of the collector, dealer or historian of antique children’s toys.

7.3 in. x 10.1 in. hardback with dust cover in very good condition. 351 pages.

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Lionel Fundimensions Toy Trains 1970-1985 / Rare Book A collector’s item in itself, this rare out-of-print book is the "most comprehensive report on the Fundimension toy train marketplace. The purpose of this book is to provide a comprehensive listing with current prices [date of publication] for Lionel Fundimension locomotives, rolling stock and accessories, in 0 and 0-27 Gauges, produced from 1970 through 1985. We include those variations which have been authenticated.

GREENBERG’S GUIDE TO LIONEL-FUNDIMENSIONS TRAINS 1970-1985 by Roland LaVoie, Greenberg Publishing Co., MD, 1985.

This fascinating pictorial price guide covers by chapter: Diesels, Electrics and Motorized Units; Steam Engines; Hopper Cars; Box, Refrigerator and Stock Cars; Cabooses; Accessories; Gondolas; Tank and Vat Cars; Flatcars; Passenger Cars; Operating Cars; Automobile Carriers; Factory Errors and Prototypes; Sets; Trucks and Boxes; and Index. This is a must-buy book for the collector, dealer, or historian of Lionel toy trains.

8.5 in. x 11 in. softback in very good condition. 192 pages.

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Antique Metal Tin Cast Iron Toys Scarce Illustratd Book Lavishly illustrated in color, this early out-of-print book provides a pictorial survey of over one thousand tin and cast iron toys with identifying captions. 'Metal toys of all types and makes are illustrated: Trains ships, aircraft, cars and trucks; Novelty toys-ranging from cast-iron money boxes to clockwork mice; Military toys – soldiers, sailors, pilots and their weapons, equipment and vehicles; Wild West figures, animals, zoo and circus figures; Toys from all the master toymakers: Corgi, Dinky, Marx, Matchbox, Bassett-Lowke and more. Each toy is fully described with clear text and a caption giving an estimate, on a simple and internationally applicable scale, of each item’s degree of rarity and its comparative value, for collectors and the curious. [This text] gives us both a stroll down memory lane and a guide to collecting these fascinating objects.'

THE ILLUSTRATED ENCYCLOPEDIA OF METAL TOYS – An All-Color Guide to the Art of Collecting International Playthings by Gordon Gardiner and Alistair Morris, Harmony Books, NY, 1984.

The photography in this book is magnificent; the captions are in-depth; and the narrative is concisely rich. Information is also provided on metal toy manufacturers and their trademarks. This scarce text would make a fine addition to the permanent reference library of the collector, dealer, or historian of antique metal toys.

Heavy / oversize 8.8 in. x 12 in. hardback with dust cover in protective plastic sleeve in very good condition. 208 pages.

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Antique Toy Robots Spaceships Tin Plastic / Scarce Book Lavishly illustrated with over 175 color and black-and-white photographs, this early out-of-print book provides an in-depth pictorial survey of

YESTERDAY’S TOYS – ROBOTS, SPACESHIPS, AND MONSTERS by Teruhisa Kitahara, Chronicle Books, San Francisco, 1988.

'Made of tinplate and plastic and armed with flashing lights and rasping gears, toy robots, spaceships, and monsters are the enduring friends of the generation that grew up in the 1940s and 1950s. These creatures, wildly futuristic when they were created, now seem eminently lovable and charming. This new catalog of 150 robots, spaceships, and monsters has been compiled from the fabulous collection of Teruhisa Kitahara, who has been acquiring toys all his life. His collection of over 10,000 toys is the largest in the world and has become a renowned museum.' This fascinating book will delight the collector of vintage toys.

8.9 in. x 11.8 in. softback in very good condition. 111 pages.

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Vintage Tin Toys 1945-1975 / Scarce Illustrated Book This early out-of-print book is a pictorial guide to vintage tin toys produced between 1945-1975.

TIN TOYS: 1945-1975 . By Michael Buhler, (this edition by) Mandarin Publishers, Hong Kong, 1978.

After the Second World War, the US Zone of Occupation included Nuremburg, the site of several toy factories. American companies contracted with these early German toy makers to produce wares for American toy markets. This book tells the story of the Americanization of some aspects of European and Japanese cultures through the toy-making industries with American children in mind. 'With names like Gunthermann, Arnold, Gama, Gescha, Technofix, Tipp, Kellerman, Distler and Sehuco, the German toy industry flourished throughout the forties and fifties; exporting the US and the rest of the world.' This beautifully illustrated book—all in vivid color—shows cars, trams, airplanes, trains, police motorcycles, trucks and accessories. The collection is mainly comprised to what used to be thought of a 'toys for boys,' but also includes clowns and other figures. It traces the increasing mechanization of toys and the growing sophistication of toys made possible by innovations such as battery operation and radio-control. Authoritatively and enthusiastically presented, this text will make an essential addition to the reference library of toy collectors and aficionados everywhere.

8 in. x 7.9 in. softback in very good condition. About 70 pages.

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Antique Cast Iron Mechanical Still Banks Toys Rare Book Profusely illustrated in black-and-white, this early out-of-print book provides a pictorial survey of several thousand cast iron banks and cast iron and tin toys including relative prices [see date of publication]. Many of these illustrations are reproduced advertisements and others are black-and-white photographs of fair quality.

COLLECTORS ENCYCLOPEDIA OF TOYS – BANKS with Price Guide by Don Cranmer, L-W Book Sales, IN, 1976.

This pictorial guide covers by chapter: Tin and Heavy Gauge: Wind-ups, Trucks, Autos, Trains, Construction, Farm, Air, and Miscellaneous. Cast Iron: Autos, Trucks, Buses, Racers, Trains, Motorcycles, Farm, Construction, Air, Horsedrawn, Bell Toys, Miscellaneous, Tootsie Toys and Slush Cast, and Lead Soldiers. Banks: Still Banks of Yesterday and Mechanical Banks. Boxed Games. Composition Animals. Bell Toys. This is an invaluable resource reference book for the collector, dealer, or historian of antique cast iron banks and cast iron and tin toys.

8.3 in. x 10.75 in. softback in good+ condition. 108 pages. This book is signed by the author.

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Lionel Fundimensions Toy Trains 1970-1985 / Rare Book A collector’s item in itself, this rare out-of-print book is the "most comprehensive report on the Fundimension toy train marketplace. The purpose of this book is to provide a comprehensive listing with current prices [date of publication] for Lionel Fundimension locomotives, rolling stock and accessories, in 0 and 0-27 Gauges, produced from 1970 through 1985. We include those variations which have been authenticated.

GREENBERG’S GUIDE TO LIONEL-FUNDIMENSIONS TRAINS 1970-1985 by Roland LaVoie, Greenberg Publishing Co., MD, 1985.

This fascinating pictorial price guide covers by chapter: Diesels, Electrics and Motorized Units; Steam Engines; Hopper Cars; Box, Refrigerator and Stock Cars; Cabooses; Accessories; Gondolas; Tank and Vat Cars; Flatcars; Passenger Cars; Operating Cars; Automobile Carriers; Factory Errors and Prototypes; Sets; Trucks and Boxes; and Index. This is a must-buy book for the collector, dealer, or historian of Lionel toy trains.

8.5 in. x 11 in. softback in very good+ condition. 192 pages.

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Antique Dolls Metal Toys incl. Automata / Scarce Book METAL TOYS & AUTOMATA by Constance King, Magna Books, London, 1989.

Featuring 'over 150 beautiful color illustrations' this book is a fine reference source for collectors of antique metal toys. It gives 'practical advice on main collecting areas, how to avoid expensive mistakes, how to care for old toys and how to spot the work of the most famous makers; this guide is expertly written and is an essential companion to anyone collecting old toys or wishing to start a collection. Toy collecting has rapidly increased in popularity over the last few years, record sales being reported internationally. The universal appeal is, in part, due to the widely varied categories of toys available. There is something for everybody. In this book we look at probably the most collectible areas within this vast area, from the more expensive categories such as automata made in 19th century France by such famous makers as Theroude, Decamps and Lambert to modern day metal soldiers. Whatever your first love, railways, toy soldiers, automata or die cast toys, you will be enthralled by the collection shown and described here of all Metal Toys and thankful for the valuable advice.'

8.75 in. x 11.25 in. hardback with dust cover in very good condition. 128 pages.

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